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Drum dream girl

by Margarita Engle

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Follows a young Cuban girl in the 1930s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there's never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.

Drummers (Musicians)Sex roleDance musicJuvenile fictionHistoryFictionChildren's fictionStories in rhymeSex role, fictionCuba, fictionMusic, fictionMusicians, fiction